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The following is a partial list of characters from Stephen King's novel The Stand. The novel was published in 1978, with its narrative set during the 1980s; however, a second edition was released in 1990, is considerably longer than the first version (1,200 pages compared to 800 pages), and is set in the 1990s. The two versions are essentially the same, although some content was added in the second version, including a new ending. The book was also adapted into a television mini-series, starring Gary Sinise, and was released by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network in 1994. In 2008, Marvel Comics published a comic book adaptation that was ended in 2012. Warner Bros. Pictures released an announcement in January 2011 that the company would be producing a movie remake of the King novel.

Campion is an American soldier stationed in the California desert, as well as "patient zero", the original carrier of the superflu outside of its containment area. While Campion is on night duty, a deadly virus escapes the military complex he is monitoring and he manages to flee with his wife and baby daughter before the base locks down. He and his family finally succumb to the flu at a gas station in the fictitious town of Arnette, East Texas, spreading the virus and unleashing the events of the story.

As the commanding officer of Project Blue, Starkey is aware that, once loose, the superflu is almost impossible to control. Though compassionate, he goes to extreme lengths to cover up the accident, and its ensuing pandemic, for as long as he can; for example, he orders the execution of journalists who try to reveal the truth. In an attempt to retain plausible deniability, he orders the enactment of a contingency plan: to release the virus in several other continents in an effort to conceal the American origins of the artificial virus. After being dismissed by the United States President due to his failure to contain the virus, Starkey commits suicide in the laboratory where the superflu was created.

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